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Temporal trends in mercury concentrations ([Hg]) during the last two to three decades were determined in liver of shorthorn sculpin, ringed seal and Atlantic walrus from northwest Greenland (NWG, 77 degrees N) and in liver of shorthorn sculpin and ringed seal from central west Greenland (CWG, 69 degrees N) during the l…

OBJECTIVE: To review a mortality database, and identify all sudden unexpected deaths in patients followed by the cardiac program. DESIGN: Retrospective review of prospectively maintained database. RESULTS: Over 8 years, we identified 80 sudden unexpected deaths, among which there were sufficient data in 69 (24 female…

INTRODUCTION: The profile of gastrointestinal diseases is constantly changing globally and locally affecting suspected diagnosis and medical methods. OBJECTIVE: To establish the main diagnoses in a gastroenterology, hepatology, and pediatric nutrition unit in Bogota between 2009 and 2013, and to compare with findings…

INTRODUCTION: The extremely good results of renal transplantation have favored the use of pre-emptive procedures for treatment of patients with end-stage renal disease before entering dialysis, but still some concerns exist about patient survival. The aim of this study was to analyze the evolution of death rates and th…

PURPOSE: To evaluate the Ahmed Glaucoma Valve implant, an aqueous shunting device with a unidirectional valve mechanism, in eyes with concurrent or prior penetrating keratoplasties. METHODS: Thirty-one eyes of 31 consecutive patients had placement of an Ahmed Glaucoma Valve implant. Median patient age was 65.1 years (…

Globally 8.4% of children under 5 years old have a neurodisability. The important factors contributing to this are infection and inflammation, nutrition and quality of care especially during pregnancy and in the first 2 years of life. In an attempt to reduce neurodisability arising from these factors, WHO launched the…

Airborne fungi have been surveyed every week during the 10 years from 1983 to 1992 in Sagamihara. This is a follow up of a 1970 and a 1980 survey at the same sampling station (19.5 m above the ground), using the same gravity potato dextrose agar plate. There were two peak seasons during tsuyu (rainy season; June) and a…

The Authors report 16 cases of gastrointestinal fistulas which have been observed during the last 5 years in the Emergency Surgery Division of Milan's Fatebenefratelli Hospital. We have considered only the cases of fistulas between two hollow abdominal organs and which have occurred spontaneously, following local patho…

OBJECTIVE: Cup-cage reconstruction has emerged as a possible solution for managing massive acetabular defects with a few existing studies reporting encouraging results at mid-term follow-up. We present our experience with this unitised construct. METHOD: Six patients (7 hips) with a mean age of 76 years (73-81) were r…

BACKGROUND: Hip distraction in Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease unloads the joint, which negates the harmful effect of the stresses on the articular surface, which may promote the sound healing of the areas of necrosis. METHODS: Nonarticulated arthrodiastasis without soft tissue release using an Ilizarov external fixat…

School difficulties and educational inadequacy usually correlate with the child's epilepsy. The target of our study is to discover the most precocious possible the epilepsy and to prevent educational failure in the population of children from 6 to 15 years old. We have carried out a retrospective study on 162 children…

Changes in the male-to-female (M/F) ratio of cluster headache (CH) over the years were investigated through a comparative analysis of the distribution of the disease by sex and decade of onset in 482 patients (374M and 108F). Variations over the last few decades were also investigated in the employment rate, level of s…

There is much controversy about the optimal bloodgas management of hypothermic patients, whether the hypothermia is caused by accidents or induced before operations. The surgeons and anestesiologists have acquired more clinical experience the last years when operating patients in hypothermia. The comparative physiology…

Technique of fibrinolysis and angioplasty have changed the face of emergency coronary artery surgery, which had developed considerably over recent years. Between 1982 and 1986, in the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery of the University Hospital of Rennes, 1,232 patients underwent isolated coronary arter…

In this case report the authors inform about late diagnosis of giant adenoma of the parathyroid gland with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) and the development of fibrocystic osteitis with a «brown» tumor of the upper jaw. The patient has been under the care endocrinologist with type 2 diabetes mellitus and…

Asymptomatic reversible pituitary hyperplasia is common in patients with untreated primary hypothyroidism. Occurrence of empty sella (ES) in this scenario is extremely rare (only three reports till the date) and panhypopituitarism has not been reported in such patients. We report a 27 year man with severe short stature…

BACKGROUND: The literature suggests rotatory knee instability (pseudolaxity) can be associated with depressions of the lateral tibial plateau in patients despite an intact arcuate ligament complex. Correcting this bone deformity by an open-wedge osteotomy of the lateral tibia plateau, elevating the depressed bone may r…

General surgery residency involves a mixture of 1) education of residents and 2) service by residents. The service that residents provide is not directly reimbursed in our current healthcare system by private healthcare insurance companies. This investigation characterizes the amount of reimbursement a typical resident…

BACKGROUND: The purpose of this review was to evaluate transoral fundoplication devices for gastro-oesophageal reflux disease that have been commercially available within the last 5 years. METHODS: Literature databases including Medline and Pubmed were searched from January 2005 to November 2010. Both blinded and unbl…

Sports-related epiphyseal injuries have been becoming more prevalent during the last years. We are reporting 85 patients with epiphyseal fractures of the lower extremity treated in our hospital during the last twenty years. The injuries were sustained during soccer in 28% and during alpine skiing in 26% of the cases, o…